Lin Jingjing
My Promise for Your Happiness No. 8
Found at
Christies,
New York
Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale Session I, Lot 298
12. May - 12. May 2015
Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale Session I, Lot 298
12. May - 12. May 2015
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 68.750 USD
Price realised: 68.750 USD
Description
signed and dated 'J. J. Lin 2012' (on the reverse)
photographic print and thread on canvas
52 1/2 x 64 in. (133.3 x 162.5 cm.)
Executed in 2012.
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
photographic print and thread on canvas
52 1/2 x 64 in. (133.3 x 162.5 cm.)
Executed in 2012.
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
A top price for Lin Jingjing
This artwork by Lin Jingjing achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2015. In the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale Session I auction, the work My Promise for Your Happiness No. 8 sold for USD 68,750.00 (€ 62,534.11) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. This high result makes My Promise for Your Happiness No. 8 the most expensive artwork by Lin Jingjing that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Lin Jingjing
Dieses Kunstwerk von Lin Jingjing erzielte im Mai 2015 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale Session I wurde die Arbeit My Promise for Your Happiness No. 8 für USD 68.750,00 (€ 62.534,11) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht My Promise for Your Happiness No. 8 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Lin Jingjing, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Lin Jingjing - Auction history
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